N. Korea warns South over planned high-level talks

SEOUL: North Korea issued a fresh warning on Thursday that planned high-level talks with the South might have to be scrapped because of what it called Seoul’s arrogant and provocative behavior. “Inter-Korean ties are now standing at the crossroads,” the North Korean delegation that would participate in the proposed dialogue said in a lengthy statement carried by the North’s official KCNA news agency.The choice facing both sides was to “make the seeds of hard-won inter-Korean dialogue sprout or allow the confrontation to reach an extreme phase and spark off a war,” the statement said.